ARTE SEMI ARTIFICIAL É ARTE?

"A orfandade das obras digitais" é o título de um artigo da autoria do habitual colunista no Público Francisco Teixeira da Mota.

É suficientemente elucidativo da questão que, com muita propriedade, o conhecido advogado de causas polémicas abordou o tema do ponto de vista que suscita o interesse de um jurista.

Procurei na net informação mais detalhada sobre o tema, encontrei um artigo no NYT de que transcrevo endereço e as linhas iniciais para abrir o apetite por coisas destas.

Que cada um, julgue por si.

Eu julgo que, por este andar, a humanidade um dia destes acaba por se procurar e não se encontrar.

An A.I.-Generated Picture Won an Art Prize. Artists Aren’t Happy. - c/p New York Times

“I won, and I didn’t break any rules,” the artwork’s creator says.

This year, the Colorado State Fair’s annual art competition gave out prizes in all the usual categories: painting, quilting, sculpture.

But one entrant, Jason M. Allen of Pueblo West, Colo., didn’t make his entry with a brush or a lump of clay. He created it with Midjourney, an artificial intelligence program that turns lines of text into hyper-realistic graphics.

Mr. Allen’s work, “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial,” took home the blue ribbon in the fair’s contest for emerging digital artists — making it one of the first A.I.-generated pieces to win such a prize, and setting off a fierce backlash from artists who accused him of, essentially, cheating.

Reached by phone on Wednesday, Mr. Allen defended his work. He said that he had made clear that his work — which was submitted under the name “Jason M. Allen via Midjourney” — was created using A.I., and that he hadn’t deceived anyone about its origins ...

Cont. New York Times